Supported Employment

Supported employment: jobs for people with disabilities.

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Mai-Wel Disability Enterprises provide a range of employment opportunities for people with a disability.

Mai-Wel Enterprises(formerly known individually as PACESetters, Time Savers and Enterprise Centre) is an Australian Disability Enterprise that employs more than 100 people with a disability across a range of roles and tasks to suit various career aspirations including timber manufacturing, light engineering, printing, packaging, promotional product manufacture, rag cutting and confidential document destruction.

Mai-Wel is committed to providing quality employment to people with a disability. The organisation was one of the first Disability Enterprises in Australia to achieved Quality Assurance Accreditation. Quality Assurance Accreditation has been maintained since 2000.

People with a disability over the age of sixteen years are eligible to apply for employment with Mai-Wel Enterprises. Mai-Wel observes non-discriminatory recruitment procedures regarding race, gender, disability, sexual preference, religion, philosophy and cultural background.

Mai-Wel's mission is to develop and deliver creative and responsive services that provide opportunity and choice to people with a disability and enable them to realise their individual potential. The goals of the organisation relating to people include:-

Creatively assist individuals to reach potential

Promote the valued status of people with disabilities in the community

Provide a safe and healthy environment

Encourage individuals to be enthusiastic about their employment and to make work fun

There are several ways that an individual may seek supported employment at Mai-Wel. They may ring Mai-Wel direct, can be referred by Centrelink or Placement Employment Agencies. Individuals must be endorsed by Centrelink prior to placement with the service.

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About Us

The Mai-Wel Group is one of the larger Disability Service Providers in the Lower Hunter Region, providing services and programs to more than 800 clients across nine Local Government Areas.

The Mai-Wel Group employs more than 170 local support and administrative staff in addition to 110 local supported employees. The ethos of The Mai-Wel Group carries throughout the organisation from management and staff, and on to clients.

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